Shingle and roof made thereof



July 28, 1925.

J. A. TOPPING v SHINGLE AND ROOF MADE THEREOF F'ilgd Oct. 6, 1922 I I (JG/"172}? 766 017 '33 flaw,

Patented July 28, 1925.

UNITED STATES Par Eur OFF-ICE.

JOHN A. Torrme, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SHINGLE AND ROOF MADE THEREOF.

Application filed October e, 1922. Serial mi. 592,721.

Made Thereof, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to shingles androofs made thereof. I

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a shingle that may be used to produce roofs of many designs and v is ual effgcts by suitable arrangements of the shing es.

Another object is to provide a substantially rectangular shingle having one corner severed, or cut off, to render it distinctive and to contribute to the various combinations that may be made by suitably arranging the shingles in the composition of a roof.

Another object is to provide'a shingle having, along suitable edges a.nd inset from opposite bounding edges, light lines of such character as to be visible only upon close inspection, and to be used as guides for laying the shingles upona roof instead of theusual more physical and -,inco1ivenient means more frequently employed for the purpose. These lines also furnish notations indicative of the overlap of a su perposed course upon the course below.

A further object is to provide a shingle by which a roof having substantially a single layer may be made and which is susceptible to many changes in relative symmetrical positions to make roofs of as many 'dilferent configurations or designs, thus -econom1z1ng mthe use of material and en-:

hancing the artistic appearance of posite covering or roof. I c

Other advantages and more specific objects will readily appear to persons skilled in the art, from a consideration of the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, wherein 1 Fig. 1 is aface view of a shingle of preferred form.

Fig. 2 is a fragment of one form of roof or covering which may be obtained by one symmetrical arrangement of the shingles.

the com- In both views the same reference characters are used to indicate corresponding parts.

The shingle 5 is preferably of the com .position asphalt type, covered on its face with flake slate 6, preferably rectangular in form and/having one "corner cut off at 7. Along opposite edges and parallel there with are faint lines 8-8 set back from the respective edge a distance equal to the overlap to be effected in laying the shingles on the roof. The lines 88, may be light scratches made onthe slate surface when the strip, of which the shingles are made, is passing thru the machine upon which it is made, or-the'stripe may be painted on the shingle or marked with a pen, using a fugitive paint or ink which will entirely disappear when exposed to rain on the. roof.

The scratch lines made on the slate surface will not be visible,'except on close in spection, and though it may be left exposed at the butter weather end ofthe shingle,

fits presence will not be manifest to observers standing on the, ground near the roof. The object is to provide a guide line for laying the shingles which will substan-' tially disappear or fade awaywhen exposed to the sun or rain.-

In the drawing 1 have shown the truncated corner 7 as the lower end of the shingle. This is only one form of roofor covering of which the shingle is susceptible. For example alternate shingles of the same course may have the truncated'end extending under the shingles 'of a subsequently applied course and the adjacent shingles of the same course may have their truncated ends exposed. The extreme lower end of the shingles may be held-down bymy cleat 10 extending across the truncated end as shown or across a pointed end. The cleat and its use is fully set forth in my copending applications Serial No. 453,434; filed May 18, 1-921, and Serial No. 579,390; filed July 29, 1922, and this feature needs no further description here, except to say that the inturned ends 11 and 12 are nailed into the shingles of thesubjacent-course'. The clip serves as means to prevent the butt end of the shingle from being raised by wlnd without perforating an exposed part of a shingle.

While I have herein disclosed one emmodifications. I

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to' secure by Letters Patent, is I 1.- A substantially rectangular: shingle having a truncated corner, and a line on its face parallel with one side edge and beginning at a point where the edge left by the cut away part bisects a side edge at right anglesto said side edge.

2. A substantially rectangular shingle having one corner cut off and havin a line across its face parallel with one e, ge and starting where the edge produced by the out away part bisects an edge perpendicular to said line and another, similar, parallel line,

. inset from the opposite edge and extending bodiment of the. invention, it is "evident that the invention is susceptible of'many aoross the shingle 3. A shin lehaving two disappearing parallel gui e lines, parallel with opposite edges, and inset from the respective edges to indicate the extent of overlap when placed on a roof, one of which lines is indistinctly visible when on a roof.

. 4. A substantially rectangular shingle having one corner truncated and having two disappearing parallel guide lines, parallel with opposite ed es and inset from said.

edges toindicate t e, extent of overlap when placed on the roof,- and which substantially.

dis'appeanwhen exposed to the weather.

4 In testimony scribe my name.

'whereof I hereunto sub- JGHN A. TOPPING. 

